If you loved Picnic, try Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Shunji Iwai, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Picnic, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? is
Over the course of a summer, small arguments swell into grand quests among sixth-graders examining fireworks’ shapes. The boys chase shape theory while a classmate tests escape plans by picking one confidant. It stops just shy of feeling like a metaphor everyone missed.

